Misbehaviour

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  misbehaviour
       n : improper or wicked or immoral behavior [syn: {misbehavior},
           {misdeed}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  MISBEHAVIOUR. Improper or unlawful conduct. See 2 Mart. N. S. 683. 
       2. A party guilty of misbehaviour; as, for example, to threaten to do 
  injury to another, may be bound to his good behaviour and thus restrained. 
  See Good Behaviour. 
       3. Verdicts are not unfrequently set aside on the ground of 
  misbehaviour of jurors; as, when the jury take out with them papers which 
  were not given in evidence, to the prejudice of one of the parties. Ld. 
  Raym. 148. When they separate before they have agreed upon their verdict. 3 
  Day, 237, 310., When they cast lots for a verdict; 2 Lev. 205; or, give 
  their verdict because they have agreed to give it for the amount ascertained 
  by each juror putting down a sum, adding the whole together, and then 
  dividing by twelve the number of jurors, and giving their verdict for the 
  quotient. 15 John. 87. See Bac. Ab. Verdict, H. 
       4. A verdict will be set aside if the successful party has been guilty 
  of any misbehaviour towards the jury; as, if he say to a juror, "I hope you 
  will find a verdict for me;" or "the matter is clearly of my side." 1 Vent. 
  125; 2 Roll. Ab. 716, pl. 17. See Code, 166, 401; Bac. Ab. Verdict, I.